Continuation of my http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1365346-skyrim-panorama-8k-resolution/page__p__20603351#entry20603351 thread, and my http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1365467-morrowind-panoramas-super-hd/ thread have a look at some panoramas I created for Oblivion, as part of my Ph.D. in Virtual Environment Design , Hope you enjoy them!

http://minus.com/mbjlFikKBr/

Nice. That's pretty. Damn.

I did enjoy! Thanks! Nice work.

Why so apostrophe?

Amazing shots though, I wish my game could look that pretty.

These are why I prefer Oblivion over Skyrim,Cyrodiil is just so much more pleasing to the eye than the bleak,cold of Skyrim! At least to me anyway!

Thats awesome! Teach meee ^^

Thanks all, oops sorry Darkhumbug for my inappropriate use of apostrophe's (lol that was a joke!)

@blahs44, it's easy-ish!

1)http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Tutorials.Detail&id=62

2) set a good resolution in Oblivion

3) Use the console cmmands(tm, tgm, tfc)

4)Use setfov, around 80-100, different figures will give different results

5) Find somewhere beautiful! remember to do a 360 spin and have a look around , height really can impact the panorama

6) Choose a focal point ie a rock or a key object, you will need to remember this as the next step kinda requires it

7) Take a screenshot, then rotate to the left or right with a 30% overlap(this take time to visualise and get right in your head)

8) Repeat until you've done a 360, then repeat with the camera pointed up say with a 30% overlap(i.e from the starting focal point look up until only 30% of the original view can be seen)

9) repeat step 7

10) Return to your focal point(only has to be rough) then look down(30% overlap) then repeat step 7

11) you must NOT MOVE during the process, as it requires a fixed location, otherwise when you try and stitch later on it will screw up. I normally end up with around 26-30pics for a full-ish 360, remember the goal is not to capture a full 360 rotation as often you'll run into issues if you try and capture the very top and bottom of a location, you'll se this when you try it, best to go thropugh a few tests and you'll pick up v easy what works and what does not(objects very close can distort very easily so try and have a little space between you and your surrounding)

12) Use Autopano Giga or any other good stitching software to stitch all the pics , make sure setting are on full quality, (takes a bit of fiddling, I can post my setting if they are needed)

13) Render!

14) Check the pic in PS, often you'll have to crop, tewak, adjust levels, and bump up the vibrance a bit, if you really like the pic, and you end up with black corners(you'll know what I mean when u see it...) then use the content aware restore to fix it(sky is easy, grass is too, but anything else will often be a manual fix)

16) repeat whole process for several locations, sometimes what you expect to look good, looks crap, and an ok location ,looking stunning when fully stitched together.

17) Share and enjoy!

Beautiful! I've seen your Skyrim ones too, they're fantastic shots. Keep up the good work!

Great work. Truly beautiful, I especially liked number 16.

I had forgotten how beautiful Cyrodiil is....

Definitely! Every time I see a sunset over Lake Rumare I think 'Wow!' to myself. And often crash my horse into a tree or something, because I'm too busy looking at the view and not watching the road.

I like your work. Nice interesting stuff. And there’s even an Oblivion Gate just visible, left center, in #6. Several years ago, I used to do something similar, but not nearly as good, to piece together backgrounds for my Poser pics. What I did wasn’t panoramas, but just large normal aspect pics. If I remember correctly, its hard to get the peripheral parts vertical and aligned. Good luck on your D.

My favorite is #12.

It has very expressive colors and atmosphere. Somehow I have the feeling that Robin Hood hides directly behind one of the trees.

Saved, of course

Or you can get an nVidia triple-monitor setup (I think there's an AMD/ATI equivalent now) that gives you a triple-wide desktop. You can set how much is invisible behind the bezels when the monitors meet, so that it looks like a continuous image behind three windows. Print screen gives you a screenshot of the whole thing (including the invisible part) so the resolution is a little more than triple the monitor one. Someone was posting images in the Mods section done that way.

Of course that's a lot more expensive than your method. Needs three monitors and two or more video cards.